Registered dietitian nutritionists are below average when it comes to happiness.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, registered dietitian nutritionists rate their career happiness 2.9 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 26% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy registered dietitian nutritionists are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physical therapist assistant | 3.2 | $53k |
| Food science technologist | 3.1 | $69k |
| Occupational therapist assistant | 3.0 | $51k |
| Occupational therapist | 2.9 | $84k |
| Registered dietitian nutritionist | 2.9 | $61k |
| Food safety and quality technician | 2.9 | $36k |
| Home health aide | 2.8 | $22k |
| Healthcare social worker | 2.8 | $57k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are registered dietitian nutritionists happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do registered dietitian nutritionists find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as registered dietitian nutritionists?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are registered dietitian nutritionist’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are registered dietitian nutritionists making the best use of their abilities?
Are registered dietitian nutritionists happy with their salary?
Registered dietitian nutritionists rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.0/5. Few are explicitly unhappy with their salaries, with most registered dietitian nutritionists having generally positive views of their salary.
We asked registered dietitian nutritionists how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
230 registered dietitian nutritionists
12% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their compensation 5 stars
28% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their compensation 4 stars
24% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their compensation 3 stars
20% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their compensation 2 stars
17% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their compensation 1 stars
Do registered dietitian nutritionists find their jobs meaningful?
On average, registered dietitian nutritionists rate the meaningfulness of their work a 3.0/5. Most tend to be satisified with the level of meaning they find in their careers.
We asked registered dietitian nutritionists how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
231 registered dietitian nutritionists
13% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
28% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
20% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
24% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
16% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as registered dietitian nutritionists?
Registered dietitian nutritionists rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.8/5. The majority of registered dietitian nutritionists find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked registered dietitian nutritionists how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.8 out of 5 stars
260 registered dietitian nutritionists
25% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their career fit 5 stars
40% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their career fit 4 stars
23% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their career fit 3 stars
10% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their career fit 2 stars
2% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is a registered dietitian nutritionist’s work environment?
As a whole, registered dietitian nutritionists rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked registered dietitian nutritionists how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
258 registered dietitian nutritionists
16% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their work environment 5 stars
29% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their work environment 4 stars
29% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their work environment 3 stars
19% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their work environment 2 stars
6% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their work environment 1 stars
Are registered dietitian nutritionists making the best use of their abilities?
Former registered dietitian nutritionists on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.0/5. Registered dietitian nutritionists tend to feel that they don’t manage to use their abilities to their fullest, when compared to other careers.
We asked registered dietitian nutritionists how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.0 out of 5 stars
261 registered dietitian nutritionists
15% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
22% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
23% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
28% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
12% of registered dietitian nutritionists rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars